Rare testimony of Middle-Low German piety in the Beginenkloster von Marienbrink in Westphalia Marienbrink. Middle Lower German manuscript in brown black and red ink on paper. 16 nn., 252 num., 8 w. ==References====External links== Format 15,2 x 10 cm. Smoothed dark brown calfskin d. C. (captains with flaws, joints slightly brittle, bruised, tiny wormholes, newer RSchild) with 2 intact brass closures. Marienbrink (Borks) 1688. Handwritten nun's book with calendarium, prayers and devotions of a sister from the Westphalian Beginenkloster Marienbrink in the western Münsterland near Borken, whose foundation can be traced back to 1397 and which was dissolved in 1803 during secularization. It is one of the rather rare surviving Sister Breviaries in Middle Lower German manuscript. There are 2 sheets with typographic text "J.M. J. "Church Hanthing or Way to Win So Much Bey God in One Year, or Earn As Worshiped in Many Years to the New Year 1711," he said. Possession note "Suster Maria Graes". A calendarium (unpag. 1-16) "Iannarius" to "December" with indication of the monthly days and the saints, among them the saints venerated for the counter around Borken in the diocese of Münster such as Saint Liudger (Apostle of Westphalia), Paulus (as Patron of the Diocese of Münsteran Cathedral), Remigius (Patron of the Borken Probstei Church), Ludgerus (Borkener and Hoxfelder Local Saints) etc. This is followed by prayer to all possible ==References== 1-180): "Up unses leiven heren hemmelbardes dach ein gebett negen mal met negen te deum tho bedden up den kerckhof" (On our dear Lord's Day of Ascension: a prayer nine times to pray with nine Te Deum on the Kirchhof), "De erste fronfast im lentzen", "De ander fron Fast tho Pfingsten", "de derde fron fast in autumn" (Fonfasting in spring, at Pentecost, in autumn), Further: "Dyt synt de xl cellekens un inwendijge offensivee over to dencken des lydens unses leven heren for our sake in the wyldernysse geledden pamphlet" (These are the 40 cells [cells, rooms] and the internal exercise to reflect on the suffering our dear Lord suffered for our will in the wilderness.) and much more. Several later prayers follow on white pages. Then (pag. 209-239): "De Comendasije to der Be gravige" ("The Commendatio [Soul recommendation] at the funeral). – Only isolated traces of use, hardly any cracks, faults or stains, overall well received, book block partly somewhat relaxed. Dating on the firm intention "1688", which would fit with the ductus of the manuscript, further with possession entries "Sûster Maria Elisabeth Graes" and "Anna Cathrina Hiller 1790" with the note "Sisters in the Monastery of Marienbrinck".